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A ballet blanc (French: [balɛ blɑ̃], "white ballet") is a scene in which the ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses or tutus. [1] Typical in the Romantic style of ballet from the nineteenth century, ballets blancs are usually populated by ghosts, dryads, naiads, enchanted maidens, fairies, and other supernatural ...
Les Sylphides (French: [le silfid]) is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.. The ballet, described as a "romantic reverie", [1] [2] is frequently cited as the first ballet to be simply about mood and dance. [1]
Ballet of the Nuns at the Paris Opéra. Nuns was the first ballet blanc and the first romantic ballet. [1] The opera was performed 756 times between 1831 and 1893 at the Paris Opéra. [1] French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas painted the ballet scene several times between 1871 and 1876. [8]
Gautier's "ethnic" idea was dropped as the ballet developed and it has not been picked up by modern producers. Today, act 2 is a ballet blanc (a "white" ballet in which all the ballerinas and the corps de ballet are dressed in full, white, bell-shaped skirts and the dances have a geometric design). [50]
La Sylphide is often confused with the 1909 ballet Les Sylphides, another ballet involving a mythical sylph. The latter was choreographed by Michel Fokine for the Ballets Russes, using music by Frédéric Chopin, as a short performance. Though inspired by La Sylphide, it was meant to be performed as an independent ballet with its own merits.
Step into the holiday magic of Ballet Lubbock’s "The Nutcracker." Discover the artistry behind the costumes, choreography and sets at Buddy Holly Hall.
Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis.
Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion" suggests that Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is queer in a small scene with a surprising cameo.